Vehicle-wheel.



No. 739,658. PATENTED SEPT.. zz,- 1903.

Gr.13. DRYDBN. VEHICLE WHEEL.

u YP'LIUATIOK FILED SEPT. B0. 1901.

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UNITEDV STATES atented September 22, 1903;.

APATENT OFFICE.

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dated september 2'2, ieo.

Application filed September 20, 1901. Serial No. 'Z 5 i946. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that l, GEORGE B. DRYDEN, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle- Vheels, of which the following is a specicaion.

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle-wheels, and refers more specifically to an improved wheel-rim provided Awith a rubber or cushioning tire.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple construction in which the tire is coniined accurately and securely in position both against lateral and longitudinal movement, and particularly to provide a construction embodying improved means of holding the tire against longitudinal movement or creep-- ing without the employment of cross bolts or' wires extending through the tire.

To this end the invention consists in the matters herein described, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and the same will be readily understood from. the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of a wheel-rim and tire applied thereto embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view ofthe same on a largerscale and taken in the plane of one of the through-bolts.

In the drawings, 1 designates a wheel rim or felly, which in the present instance is shown as substantially rectangular in crossseotion having parallel lateral side surfaces 2, against which are fitted and clamped, by means of through-bolts 3, a pair of tireanges 4. These anges are so constructed and arranged as to project beyond the periphery 5 ofy the rim a substantial distance,

so as to provide an-intervenin g channel, within which is seated the rubber tire, (designated as a whole 6.) Vlithinv the channel thus formed is seated a metal tire or band 7, which the usual function of a metallic tire-wiz., of holding the rim of the wheel under suflicient compression to insure rigidity to the structure-and in addition to this function serves also to hold the rubber tire 6 from creeping or longitudinal movement. To this end the tire 7 is provided at short intervals Vproject surface of the rubber tire.

apart ribs 8, preferably parti-circular in cross-section, as shown clearly in Fig. 1, andlrising above the outer surface of the tire, so as to into or be embedded Within the base'- The said base or under surface of the tire is provided with a plurality of layers of fabric, as indicated at 9, which layers of fabric are desirably eX- tended up at the sides of the tire-body to a distance equal to the depth which the tire seats within'the channel. In the present instance the tire is shown as secured upon the Wheel-rim by means of a pair of endless wire bands 10, spaced at equal distances from the median line of the tire and between said median line and the side margins thereof. Preferably these endless bands are so located in With integral transversely-disposed A the tire as to lie closely contiguous to the upper sides of the cross-ribs 8, so that practically nothing but the plies of fabric intere venes between said bands and the ribs,'as best shown in Fig. 2.

In practice the tire is placed within the rim, and before the ends to form them into endless bands the tire is placed under such compression as to force the transverse ribs into the base thereof their full depths, so that the base of the tire rests rmly upon the outer surface offthe metal tire between the ribs.

ribs from cutting into the base of the rubber tire during wear. Y

It will be seen from the foregoing description that by the simple provision of the integral ribs combined with the structuralfeatures described the tire is held positively against creeping or longitudinal movement and the use of all cross-wires and throughbolts for this purpose dispensed with. The ribs may be conveniently and cheaply provided on the tire, and one of the most important results secured `is in avoiding the unsightly and objectionable appearance caused by extending large numbers of bolts through the wheel rim and tire. At the same time of the bands are joinedV VThe ends of the hold= ing-bands l0 arethen permanently united in' IDO with the construction herein shown the tire is much more durable, since it is not apertured and partially severed, but is simply creased at the points Where the ribs embed themselves in its base. It will be obvious, further, that the cushioning-tire may be made of any desired Width relatively to the Width of the channel, so that it may be seated into the latter with very considerable compression, a thing which is impossible in the case of the employment of transverse pins embedded within the base of the tire, and this feature of seating the tire under lateral compression is also an advantage.

I claim as my invention- In a vehicle-wheel, the combination of a wheel-rim having substantially flat parallel sides, a flat metallic band-tire mounted upon said riln and ,provided on its outer surface with a series of transversely-disposed,.integral, rounded ribs or projections disposed entirely between the edge margins or planes of said metallic tire, a pair of independentlyformed tire-angcs removably secured to the opposite sides 0f the rim and projecting beyond the periphery thereof, the side Walls 0f the channel formed between said projecting flanges being substantially parallel and perpendicular to the outer surface of the metallic tire, a rubber cushioning-tire havinga fabric base seated in said channel and one or .more endless bands embedded in the tirebody and serving to hold the fabric base 0f the latter in compressed engagement with said transverse ribs, substantially as described. v

GEORGE B. DRYDEN. Witnesses:

FREDERICK'C. GOODWIN, ALBERT H. GRAVES. 

